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“By leveraging cleaner energy sources and cutting energy waste, this plan will clean the air we breathe while helping slow climate change so we leave a safe and healthy future for our kids,” said EPA Administrator Gina McCarthy.
Nine bright green Jenbacher J620 gas engines will soon be snaking their way down the dusty roads to their new home at the Eurombah Creek Coal Seam Gas Processing Facility.
BATs floating 1,000 feet above the earth could hold the secret to providing cheap, quickly installed power to off-grid consumers or disaster-stricken areas.
The BAT, short for “Buoyant Air Turbine,” is essentially a wind turbine in the sky. Developers across the country and around the world are testing various methods of sending these lightweight, high-altitude turbines aloft, using blimps, winged aircraft, and cylindrical balloons to reach sweet-spot heights where operators can harvest the most wind with the least resistance.
Renewable energy can bring enormous socio-economic benefits and be a ticket out of poverty for many Africans. As much as one needs roads, one needs power. And to get it from a renewable energy source means you are creating a sustainable electrical solution that will also power jobs.